Hawking Technology HWUN1A manual

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ii LIMITED WARRANTY Hawking Technology guarantees that every HWUN1A Wireless-N USB Adapter with Upgradable Antennas is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase. If the product pr oves defective during this two-year warranty period, call Hawking Customer Service in order to ob[...]

iii CONTENTS I.  INTRODUCT ION ........... ........................................... ................... 1   Features ................................................... ................................................................. 1   Package Contents ............................................................................[...]

1 I. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing t he Hawking HWUN1A Wireless-N USB Adapte r . Now you can enjoy t he latest Wireles s-N technol ogy with excellent speeds, of up to 300Mbps*. The Wir eless-N USB Adapter ext ends your wireless networ k coverage by up to 3 times and boosts trans mission throughp ut 12 times more than a s tandard Wireles s-N[...]

2  Package Contents Before you b egin the installat ion, please check the items of your package. The package s hould include the f ollowing items: - One HWUN1A Wireless-N USB network Adapter - One USB cable (1.0m) - One CD-ROM with User’s Manual & Drivers - Quick Installation Guide - 2 Dipole Antenna (SMA connector) - One Laptop Clip LED D[...]

3 1. Insert the I nstallation CD into your CD-RO M Driv e. Power on your Com puter and ins ert the Setup CD into your CD-RO M Driv e. A folder should autom atically open. If there is no f older opening up automatic ally , click on the CD icon on y our deskt op to man u ally open the folder . i. Double click the icon in t he folder that is titled ?[...]

4 iii. Click Continue to begin (Note: the s etup wizard may look different dependi n g on the version of Mac OS X you are using.) 2. Select the location on your compu ter where you w ish to inst all the so ftware and click “Continue.”[...]

5 3. The system will begin to inst all the sof tware utility fo r the HWUN1A. Y ou may be prompted to enter your administrat or login inform at ion. If so please enter you r us er inform at ion and select “Continue. ” 4. A window will a ppear tha t informs you o f a nece ssa ry restar t of your computer to complete the installation. Selec t con[...]

6 III. Connecting To Your Wireless Network 1. When your computer has successf ully restarted. I nsert the Hi-Gain Wireles s-N USB Adapter int o an available US B port on your des ktop or not eb o ok compute r. - Insert the US B adapter f i rmly int o the USB port to en s ure a proper c onnec tion is made. - When the adapt er is inserted car efully [...]

7 2. If Y ou Hav e a Previously I nstalled Airport Card -Turning Airport OF F . Y o u will need to turn it of f to use the HWUN1A Wireless-N Ada pt er . T o d o this, select the Ai rp ort icon on the top right cor ner of your s c reen and select “TURN O FF AIRPORT .” 3. System Pref ere nc es and Net work Settings a. Click the APPLE icon on the [...]

8 d. Click “APPL Y NOW” to confirm the selection . - If you plan on using a “Static” (Manually entered ) IP addre ss for your compute r yo u may do so here by double click i ng t he “USB Wireless Adapter” s ele c tion and selec ting T C P / I P . - If you are using a n a ut om atically assigne d I P address (MOS T NETWORKS ) you do not [...]

9 IV. Configuration Utility The Configurat ion Utility is a powe rful applicatio n that helps you configure the HWUN1A and monitor the link status an d s tatist i cs of your wireles s connecti on. Each time you insert the Hawking Hi-Gain card the Hawking Wireless Utility should automatic ally load. I n the case that it does n’t you may manually l[...]

10 network s on the list, doubl e-click the it em on the list, and the c ard will automatically connect to the selected network. Rescan But t on Click “Rescan” but ton to collect t he information of all t he wir eles s network s nearby . Connect Button Click “Connect ” to connect to the selec ted network. Add to P rofile Butt on Add the sel[...]

11 2.1. Configure the Profile System Configuration Parame ter De scription Profile Name Define a reco gniz able prof ile name for you to ide nt ify the different network s. SSID The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII charact ers) is the unique name identif ied in a WLAN. The ID prevents t he unintent io n al merging of t wo co-loc ated WLANs . Y ou may[...]

12 Parame ter De scription Network T ype Infrastru cture – This operat ion mode requi res the pre sence of an 802.1 1 Access Point . All communicat i o n is done v ia the Ac c ess Point or Rout er . Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you want to c onnect to anot h er wireles s station in the Wi r eless LAN net work with out going through an Access Po[...]

13 Authentication vs. Security Parame ter De scription Authentic ation T ype This sett i ng has to be consist ent with the wirel ess network s that the card inte n ds to connect t o. A ll secur ity key s with in a n etwor k must match to a llow su ccessful communi cations. None – No authenti c ation is neede d among the wireless network. Shared ?[...]

14 Encrypt i on M ode None – Disable the WEP Data Encrypt i on. WEP – Enable t he WEP Data Encryption. When the item is selected , you h ave to co ntin ue settin g the WEP Encry ption keys. TKIP – TKIP (T empora l Key Integ rity Protoco l) changes the temporal key ev ery 10,00 0 packets (a packet is a kind of message transmitt ed over a netwo[...]

15 3. Link Status From the “Lin k Status” opt ion, you can view all the inf orm ation of t he net work you ar e connect ing to. You can use t his tool as you reposit ion the Hi-Gai n antenna t o find the optimal locati on for antenn a placement . Parame ter De scription S tatus Display the SSI D and MAC ID of the net work the c ard is connect i[...]

16 Link Quality This bar indicat es t he quality of t he link . The higher t he percentage, the b etter the qu alit y . dBm If you want t o know the signal s t rength in units of dBm, selec t this check box. Signal S trength This bar shows t he signal s t rength level . The higher percentage shown in the ba r , the more radi o signal is being r ece[...]

17 4. Statistics This option ena bl es you to vi e w the av ai lable st atistical inf orm ation conc erni ng Tx count s (Tx success, Tx error, RTS Suc c ess and RTS Failed), and it s Rx counts (Rx s uccess, Rx error). You may reset the counters by clicking ”Reset Counter”.[...]

18 5. Advanced This option ena bl es you to conf igure more adv a nc ed sett i ngs, for example: wireless mode, protecti on mode and etc . Parame ter De scription Wireless Mo de 802.1 1 B/ G/N mix – If you hav e a mix of 802.1 1b, 802 . 1 1g and 802.1 1n wirel ess stations in yo ur networ k , it is recommend ed to setting t he adapter to t his mo[...]

19 Tx Rate There are seve ral options including Auto/1/ 2/5.5/1 1/6/9/ 1 2/ 18/24/3 6/ 48/54Mbps f or you t o select. When the “Auto” is se lected, the dev ice will choose the most suitable trans m is sion rate autom atically . The higher data rate yo u designat ed in t he network , the shorter di stance is allowed betwee n t he adapter a n d t[...]

20 V. APPENDIX A - SPECIFICATIONS Dat a Rates 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 1 1, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, 72, 84, 150 and 300Mbps (with 2-stream on both ends) St andards / Complianc e IEEE802.3, IEEE802. 3u, IEEE802.1 1b, IEEE802.1 1g, 802.1 1n 2.0 Regulation Certificat ions FCC Part 15, ETSI 300/328/CE Operatin g V oltage 5 V ± 0.25V Status LE Ds LINK Drivers [...]

21 VI. INDEX This chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the ins tallation and operation of the adapter . 1. What is the IEEE 802.1 1n standard? 802.1 1n is an IEEE 802.1 1 wireless network standard that increases transmission speeds from a traditional 1 1Mb p s ( 802.1 1 b) to o ver 100Mbp s. Currently , the HWUN1 suppor[...]

22 8. What is AES? AES (Advanced Encryption S tandard), a chip-based security , has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information, wherever and h owever communicated or stored, while maki ng more ef ficient use of hardware and/or softw are than prev io us en c r y pt i o n stan d a rds . It is al s[...]

23 encompasses a group of products and technologies used to h elp solve distance issues accompanied with WiFi products. A unit of meas urement on antenna strength and power is dBi. The higher the dBi or gain level of an antenna the more powerful it is. 14. What is the difference between directional and omni-directional antennas? Directional and omn[...]

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